Kirsty Black, NCPS
4 years in practice
Kirsty Black is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional counselling experience and a background in support roles spanning 16 years.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS23-03009 · expires July 2026
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
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About Kirsty
Kirsty Black is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional counselling experience and a background in support roles spanning 16 years. She holds NCPS accreditation and a BA (Hons) in Counselling, and she is currently working towards an MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Kirsty describes herself as neurodivergent-affirming and brings that perspective into her work.
Kirsty works in an integrative way and draws on a range of therapeutic methods to suit each person.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and conversational. She aims to make space for honesty, creativity and steady problem solving rather than offering quick fixes. People come to Kirsty for many concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family conflict, addiction, neurodiversity-related challenges, parenting strain, and issues around identity and intimacy.
She also supports people facing long-term health and caregiving stress and career or life changes. Her style is compassionate and adaptable. She can use tools from cognitive behavioural therapy, attachment-focused work, acceptance and commitment approaches, client-centred listening and existential thinking where appropriate.
Creative options such as art or play-based tasks are available when that suits the person. Kirsty offers a mixture of online and phone-based formats as well as text messaging sessions. She aims to work collaboratively, helping each person set realistic goals and choose methods that fit their life and preferences.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kirsty lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kirsty names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Kirsty’s approaches work online
Existential therapy looks at meaning, choice and the pressures of everyday life. It helps people think about values, identity and how they want to live when facing uncertainty or big changes. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It pairs that awareness with clear steps towards what really matters, which can help with anxiety, depression and coping with change. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and behaviour. It can be useful for relationship challenges, intimacy issues and patterns that repeat across different relationships. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and try methods together to see what helps most. That collaborative stance means plans can change as needs and priorities evolve. Online formats are flexible and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or to fit a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing or need more frequent, brief contact between scheduled sessions.We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Kirsty help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family conflict, addiction, neurodiversity-related concerns, eating and sleeping issues, parenting strain, and career or life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is integrative and practical, combining listening with concrete tools and creative options so sessions feel useful and tailored to each person.
What experience does she bring?
She has four years of professional counselling experience and 16 years in support roles across charities, schools, universities and independent practice.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds NCPS accreditation and a BA (Hons) in Counselling and practices in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.
Which session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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